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<span id="scrolledtext-scrolled-text-widget"></span><h1>24.4. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-ScrolledText" title="ScrolledText: Text widget with a vertical scroll bar. (Tk)"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">ScrolledText</span></tt></a> &#8212; Scrolled Text Widget<a class="headerlink" href="#module-ScrolledText" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p><em>Platforms: </em>Tk</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-ScrolledText" title="ScrolledText: Text widget with a vertical scroll bar. (Tk)"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">ScrolledText</span></tt></a> module provides a class of the same name which
implements a basic text widget which has a vertical scroll bar configured to do
the &#8220;right thing.&#8221;  Using the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-ScrolledText" title="ScrolledText: Text widget with a vertical scroll bar. (Tk)"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ScrolledText</span></tt></a> class is a lot easier than
setting up a text widget and scroll bar directly.  The constructor is the same
as that of the <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Tkinter.Text</span></tt> class.</p>
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<p class="last"><a class="reference internal" href="#module-ScrolledText" title="ScrolledText: Text widget with a vertical scroll bar. (Tk)"><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">ScrolledText</span></tt></a> has been renamed to <tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">tkinter.scrolledtext</span></tt> in Python
3.  The <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-to3"><em class="xref std std-term">2to3</em></a> tool will automatically adapt imports when converting
your sources to Python 3.</p>
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<p>The text widget and scrollbar are packed together in a <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Frame</span></tt>, and the
methods of the <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Grid</span></tt> and <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Pack</span></tt> geometry managers are acquired
from the <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">Frame</span></tt> object.  This allows the <a class="reference internal" href="#module-ScrolledText" title="ScrolledText: Text widget with a vertical scroll bar. (Tk)"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">ScrolledText</span></tt></a> widget to
be used directly to achieve most normal geometry management behavior.</p>
<p>Should more specific control be necessary, the following attributes are
available:</p>
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<dt id="ScrolledText.ScrolledText.frame">
<tt class="descclassname">ScrolledText.</tt><tt class="descname">frame</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#ScrolledText.ScrolledText.frame" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The frame which surrounds the text and scroll bar widgets.</p>
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<dt id="ScrolledText.ScrolledText.vbar">
<tt class="descclassname">ScrolledText.</tt><tt class="descname">vbar</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#ScrolledText.ScrolledText.vbar" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>The scroll bar widget.</p>
</dd></dl>

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